MySQL offset infinite rows

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stillinbeta picture stillinbeta · Nov 1, 2008 · Viewed 64.4k times · Source

I would like to construct a query that displays all the results in a table, but is offset by 5 from the start of the table. As far as I can tell, MySQL's LIMIT requires a limit as well as an offset. Is there any way to do this?

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Greg picture Greg · Nov 7, 2008

From the MySQL Manual on LIMIT:

To retrieve all rows from a certain offset up to the end of the result set, you can use some large number for the second parameter. This statement retrieves all rows from the 96th row to the last:

SELECT * FROM tbl LIMIT 95, 18446744073709551615;

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